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Major motorway shut over two weekends as work begins tonight

A major £22m railway bridge upgrade[1] will see a section of the M62[2] shut over two weekends with work beginning tonight.
Two weekend closures will take place, starting from 9pm on Friday (September 6) with the eastbound carriageway closed between ju…

M62 LIVE: Long delays on motorway after car fire

All traffic was held on the M62 near Rochdale this morning following a vehicle fire.
Queues are building as emergency services race to the scene at J19 A6046 Middleton Road (Heywood). Traffic was held back to J18 M66 J4 (Simister Island). It has since …

Parklife: Police announce dispersal order in Prestwich

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) says the order will be in place at Heaton Park and its surrounding streets from 10am on Saturday, June 8 and finishing at 4am on Monday, June 10, giving officers temporary heightened powers to disperse large groups.
The …

Sausages spilled over M40 in lorry crash near Bicester

Emergency services were called to the incident at 5.16am today (June 7) after the crash involving the lorry near junction 9 on the M40.
The lorry was found by Thames Valley Police on its side with sausages “scattered across the road”.
The force has sin…

DX opens two additional new 2-Man Supersites

  |   Road Transport   |   DX opens two additional new 2-Man Supersites

11:00 Wed 22nd May 2024 | Posted By UKHAULIER

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DX, a leading provider of delivery solutions, including parcel freight…

New Forest man died in moped crash while travelling in Asia

Benjamin Hugh Mosley was travelling in the Khamkeuth district of Laos on a moped when he was killed in a crash on November 11. 
The 23-year-old insurance consultant who was living in Bransgore had been travelling in the Thabak Village area when he beca…

Benjamin Mosley killed in moped crash with lorry in Laos

Benjamin Hugh Mosley was travelling in the Khamkeuth district of Laos on a moped when he was killed in a crash on November 11. 
The 23-year-old insurance consultant who was living in Bransgore had been travelling in the Thabak Village area when he beca…

Team behind M40 calendar produces some motorway gifts

The calendar sold in its thousands as the many fans of the M40 motorway revealed themselves, and now Motorway Vistas, the company behind last year’s Christmas gift, have decided to create a new range of merchandise for the large number of M40 fans out …

Residents renew call for Scotch Corner moratorium

The filling station would be built on the site of the Dalesway Hotel.
Residents have issued renewed calls for a moratorium on approving developments beside one of the North’s most congested junctions as a scheme to build more fast food restaurants and…